JIE GAO Department of Philosophy School of Humanities, Zhejiang University Tianmushan Road No. 148, 310028 Hangzhou, China Email: philobaikal@gmail.com Website: jiegaophil.weebly.com RESEARCH INTERESTS AOS AOC Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind Formal Epistemology, Philosophical Methodology, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Language EMPLOYMENT 2018- ZJU100 Young Professor in Humanities and Social Science, Department of Philosophy, Zhejiang University 2017-2018 Postdoctoral Fellow ( Knowledge-First Virtue Epistemology Project), KU Leuven EDUCATION 2012-2016 PhD Philosophy, University of Edinburgh Thesis Title: Belief, Knowledge and Action Supervisors: Dr. Mikkel Gerken, Prof. Duncan Pritchard FRSE & Dr. Allan Hazlett Examiners: Prof. Jennifer Nagel (external), Dr. Nick Treanor (internal) 2009-2012 Master Philosophy of Science & Technology (with distinction), Zhejiang University Thesis Title: The Causal Theory of Perception Supervisor: Prof. Xiaoming Sheng 2011 Visiting Postgraduate Student, University of Edinburgh Visiting Postgraduate Student, University of Warwick 2005-2009 Bachelor Energy & Environment Systems Engineering, Zhejiang University PUBLICATIONS Peer-reviewed Journal Article 1
Forth. Forth. Credal pragmatism. Philosophical Studies. Against the iterated knowledge account of high-stakes cases. Episteme. 2017 Rational action without knowledge (and vice versa). Synthese (194: 6) 1901-1917. Book Chapter 2017 Does contextualism hinge on a methodological dispute? (co-authored with Mikkel Gerken and Stephen Ryan). In J. Ichikawa (Ed.), Routledge Handbook on Epistemic Contextualism. pp. 81-93. London: Routledge. Book Review 2015 James Beebe (Ed.), Advances in Experimental Epistemology. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 29 (1): 101-105. PRESENTATIONS 2018 Credal sensitivism: threshold vs. credence one, First Leuven-Paris Analytic Philosophy Workshop: Epistemology, KU Leuven, 19/01/2018 2017 Self-deception and pragmatic encroachment: a dilemma for epistemic rationality, Self-deception: What It Is and What It Is Worth, University of Basel, 25-27/10/2017 2017 Credal sensitivism: threshold vs. credence one, New Trends in Epistemology, University of Hamburg, 5-7/10/2017 2017 Credal pragmatism, 91th Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society & the Mind Association, University of Edinburgh, 14-16/07/2017 2017 Against the iterated knowledge account of high-stakes cases, 4th Cologne-Leuven Epistemology Meeting, 18-19/05/2017 2017 Credal pragmatism, LEG Seminar, KU Leuven, 30/03/2017 2016 Credal pragmatism, XII Conference of the Italian Society for Analytic Philosophy (SIFA), 5-7/09/2016 2016 Occurrent belief and dispositional belief, European Epistemology Network Meeting 2016, Paris, 4-6/07/2016 2015 The threshold view and the problem of statistical evidence (co-authored with Davide Fassio), Conference Belief, Credence and Action, University of Geneva, 4-5/12/2015 2015 The threshold view and the problem of statistical evidence (co-authored with Davide Fassio), Six National Meeting of The Portuguese Society for Analytic Philosophy, University of the Azores, 10-12/09/2015 2
2015 Practical rationality and non-luminous knowledge, Work-in-Progress Seminar, University of Edinburgh, 15/05/2015. 2015 Comments to Responsibility and blameworthiness for implicit bias, Spring Workshop on Underrepresentation and Ignorance, University of Edinburgh, 10/03/2015. 2015 Some remarks on extended rationality, Annalisa Coliva Book Symposium: Extended Rationality, University of Edinburgh, 26/01/2015. 2014 How to explain away high stakes cases, European Epistemology Network Meeting 2014, University of Madrid, 30/06-02/07/2014. 2014 Pragmatic encroachment and the value of knowledge, BPPA Masterclass, Epistemic Value and Intellectual Virtues, University of Edinburgh, 11-12/06/2014. 2013 Rational action without knowledge (and vice versa), 87th Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society & the Mind Association, University of Exeter, 12-14/07/2013. 2013 Rational action without knowledge (and vice versa), Graduate Conference in Theoretical Philosophy, University of Groningen, 18-20/04/2013. 2013 Knowledge and practical interests: an empirical study, Xmas Epistemology Fest, University of Edinburgh, 12/12/2013. 2013 Anti-luck virtue epistemology or a different virtue epistemology, The Greco Workshop, University of Edinburgh, 24/06/2013. 2012 Rational action without knowledge (and vice versa), Xmas Epistemology Fest, University of Edinburgh, 14/12/2012. 2011 Social perspective on episemic valuations, Xmas Epistemology Fest, University of Edinburgh, 12/12/2011. 2009 Truth deflationism and the truth conditional theory of meaning (in Chinese), 14th National Biennial Convention of Philosophy of Science, Wuhan University, 17-18/10/2009. TEACHING Tutoring 2015 Introduction to Philosophy, Massive Open Online Course at Coursera. 2014 Mind, Matter and Language, Pre-honours Course (2nd Year, 2 Classes/10hrs). 2014 Logic 1, Pre-honours Course (1st Year, 2 Classes/10hrs). COURSEWORK 3
Audited Courses Advanced Philosophical Methodology (Dr. Mikkel Gerken) Formal Method in Philsophy (Dr. Anders J Schoubye) Epistemology 1 (Dr. Allan Hazlett) Theories of Mind (Dr. Paul Schweizer) Philosophy of Psychology (Dr. Jane Suilin Lavelle) Reading Groups Epistemology Reading Group Scepticism Reading Group Logicl & Language Seminar Meta-philosophy Reading Group Feminist Reading Group Summer School 2017 1st Urbino Summer School in Epistemology, lectured by Jennifer Nagel, Stephen Stich and Timothy Williamson, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, 31/08-03/09/2017 2015 Cologne Summer School 2015 with Timothy Williamson - Imagining, Knowing, Doing, University of Cologne, 28/09-02/10/2015 2010 Philosophy Summer School in China in Applied Philosophy (with Distinction), University of Heilongjiang, 26/07-15/08/2010. ACADEMIC SERVICE Organised or Co-Organised Events 2015 Spring Workshop on Underrepresentation and Ignorance, University of Edinburgh, 10/03/2015. 2014 Round Table and New Enlightenment Lecture, Edinburgh, 12/12/2014. 2014 4th Annual Edinburgh Graduate Epistemology Conference, Edinburgh, 27-28/06/2014. 2014 BPPA Masterclass, Epistemic Value and Intellectual Virtues, Edinburgh, 11/06/2014. 2014 Spring Workshop on Philosophical Methodologies, Edinburgh, 16/05/2014. 2013 Round Table and New Enlightenment Lecture, Edinburgh, 16/12/2013. Committee member Edinburgh Women in Philosophy Group, University of Edinburgh (2013-2015). Diversity Reading List (as Section Editor) 4
Referee Canadian Journal of Philosophy (*3), dialectica (*1), International Journal for the Study of Skepticism (*1), Metaphilosophy (*1), Mind & Language (*1), Ratio (*1), Synthese (*8), The Ethics Forum (*1) Master Thesis Assessor Convenor The Problem of Qualia in Materialist Theories of the Mind and its Influence on AI by Ljubomir Raicevic, for the degree of Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence, option Engineering and Computer Science, KU Leuven (2016-2017) Epistemology Reading Group, University of Edinburgh (2013-14). Piggy-back sessions of Edinburgh Women in Philosophy Group (2013-14) Academic outreach Children s University Philosophy Workshop, Stonehill Primary School, 23/06/2014. AWARDS AND HONORS 2017 Travel Bursary for presenting at the conference Self-deception: what it is and what it is worth (500 Swiss francs) 2016 School Research Support Grant for presenting at the European Epistemology Network Meeting 2016 ( 300) 2015 Jacobsen Studentship, The Royal Institute of Philosophy ( 8000). 2015 School Research Support Grant for presenting at the Six National Meeting of The Portuguese Society for Analytic Philosophy ( 480). 2014 School Research Support Grant for presenting at the European Epistemology Network Meeting 2014 ( 300). 2013 School Research Support Grant for presenting at the Groningen s Graduate Conference in Theoretical Philosophy ( 400), a visiting to University of Geneva ( 100), and 87th Joint Session ( 150), Student subsidy for 87th Joint Session ( 220). 2012-2015 China Scholarship Council/University of Edinburgh Scholarship ( 11400/year for 3 years plus tuition). 2008-2009 Excellent Graduate, Zhejiang University. 2007-2008 Weichai Power Second-Class Scholarship, Zhejiang University. 2006-2007 Excellent Student First-Class Scholarship, Zhejiang University (top 3%); National Scholarship, Ministry of Education of the People s Republic of China. 5
2005-2006 Excellent Student Second-Class Scholarship, Zhejiang University (top 8%). REFERENCES MIKKEL GERKEN Lecturer. University of Edinburgh E-mail: mgerken@staffmail.ed.ac.uk DUNCAN PRITCHARD FRSE Professor. University of Edinburgh E-mail: duncan.pritchard@ed.ac.uk JENNIFER NAGEL Professor. University of Toronto E-mail: jennifer.nagel@utoronto.ca NICK TREANOR Lecturer. University of Edinburgh E-mail: nick.treanor@ed.ac.uk 6